Americans have long known that music from India is a perfect accompaniment to meditation, as well as yoga and other forms of exercise that take full advantage of the mind-body link. However, most people would never imagine that such music could be written and recorded in Tucson. Record label Soundings of the Planet has brought together Tucson-based multi-instrumentalist Dean Evenson, and father and son sitar masters "Pandit’ Shivnath Mishra and Deobrat Mishra for the CD Raga Cycle, an entrancing blend of flute, keyboards, sitar, viola, tamboura and vocals that is designed to transport the listener. The production on the almost hour-long album is complex but clear, and the music sounds fresh, yet centuries old.

"The father and son have an amazing connection with each other. They seem to inspire each other as they improvise on the ragas, creating a cascade of sound that sends ecstatic tremors through the space and transforms the audience."